I'm so scared..

It's the middle of summer, pollen may be high in your area, I myself have even worried about this. My entire summer I've had a head ache/head pressure and I freaked out about it. My parents have always told me if you worrry about it it'll get worse. I had a pressure in the back of my head and now it just moves around. I wouldn't worry about it if the professionals say it okay take their word. I still freak out about funny feelings and afterwards I feel kinda stupid for being scared of it. Live your life happy don't stress over the body sensations. They'll feel better once your calm and stress free!

Hi Cindyloo, I have myself suffered from depression & health anxiety for the past 2 years and it would take me hours and hours to run through it all, my worries, bodily sensations etc... But when it all started it was headaches I was getting, something I very really had. Some reason I found myself at my Drs convinced that I had a brain tumour, and no matter what I was told I found myself back at the Drs the day after and the day after and the day after that

I also attended the local A&E several times and I was told by not one, not two but more than a handful of Drs that I was suffering from depression & health anxiety which was causing tension headache, to the point where I felt a heavy pressure on the top of my head, my scalp was feeling hot to the point were it felt like an iron on top of my head. Believing the Drs was not easy. I then moved on to other illnesses I was convinced I had and it just became a nasty circle I was in,

I was referred to CB therapy and for a while, but it eventually helped me understand why I was feeling like this and that when you have anxiety your body is on a very high state of alert and you feel every sensation as if it was major but it's more than likely a sensation you've had many times before but you had not been suffering anxiety so your mind has never focused on these sensation.

I still have anxiety but learnt to manage & deal with it in a better way. Have you been referred to CBT? do you take any medication?

I know exactly how you feel. I went to my doctor about this pain and it's all down to anxiety. She prescribed me with anti depressants that help with neuralgia (headaches). It has helped me. I do sometimes still wake up during the night with that piercing pain but not as bad as it was because of these tablets. (Amytriptiline)

Here if you need to chat. Sounds exactly what I had and I was told it was tension, anxiety, stress etc. Don't be scared. Get to your doctor and demand something to help take it away. In the meantime, try to relax. That's what I'm trying to do. It's hard, but I suppose we have to try!